Hello my dearest swap participants. I wanted to let you all know that I am still with you. I have been updating the first thread and today I updated your profiles to match it. We have 7 participants that still have not received packages, and 5 who I have not been notified have mailed. I know one person's status (she's my partner and has been updating me ), but I am still waiting for DC #s or current status back from the other four. Those of you who have not received will be hearing from me as soon as I find out your partners status. In the meantime, I will be here with you on the board until the very end.

I feel like the sole remaining radio announcer left in one of those apocalypse movies. Is anyone out there?

My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spareI had to cram so many things to store everything in thereAnd all the fat-skinny people, and all the tall-short peopleAnd all the nobody people, and all the somebody peopleI never thought I'd need so many people

I have often noticed that once the gallery is up, all conversation switches over to it and the original thread is abandoned. I kinda wish the conversations would stay in the original threads so the gallery is reserved for pics of packages and comments about them, but that never happens.

On a side note, I finished the book last night, including Buttercup's Baby, which I had never read before. Some of the discussion questions were very thought provoking. If anyone wants to start up a literary discussion, I'd be game .

My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spareI had to cram so many things to store everything in thereAnd all the fat-skinny people, and all the tall-short peopleAnd all the nobody people, and all the somebody peopleI never thought I'd need so many people

I am still here checking the original thread as well I've been busy crafting for 2 other swaps - one was due out today (sent, whew!) and one due to send out on Thursday which I still have some crafting to finish up. This has been a really crazy month for me, going from crafting very little to doing 3 swaps at once. I think I need a break and to put some of this new found crafting energy toward my family.